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John
17:6-10 & 17-23
6
I have manifested thy name unto the men
which thou gavest me out of the world:
thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept
thy word.
7 Now they have known that all things
whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. 8 For I have given unto them the
words which thou gavest me; and they have
received them,
and have known surely that I came out from thee,
and they have believed that thou didst send me.
9
I pray for them:
I pray not for the world,
but for them which thou hast given me; for they
are thine. 10 And all mine are thine, and thine
are mine; and I am glorified in them.

John 17:17-23 (KJV)
17
Sanctify them
through thy truth:
thy word is truth.18 As thou hast sent me into the
world, even so have I also sent them into the
world. 19 And for their sakes I sanctify
myself, that they also might be sanctified
through the truth. 20 Neither pray I for these alone,
but
for them also which shall
believe
on me
through their word;
21 That
they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me,
and I in thee,
that they also may be one in us:that the world may
believe
that thou hast sent me.
22
And the glory which thou gavest meI have given them;
that they may be one, even as we are one:23 I in them, and thou in me,
that they may be made perfect in one;
and that the world may know that thou hast sent
me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

The Book of Joshua
concludes the accounts begun in Genesis, Exodus,
and Deuteronomy of the origin and early history
of the Jews. It begins (chap. 1-6) with an
account of the Hebrews' entry into the Promised
Land, Canaan, and the sack of the ancient
Palestinian walled city of Jericho. It then
relates (chap. 7-12) how the Hebrews established
themselves throughout Canaan by their conquest
of another ancient city, Ai. They did this by
making a covenant with the fearful Gibeonites,
by their bloody rout of an army led by the kings
of five other southern Canaanite cities, and by
the slaughter of an army gathered by yet other
Canaanite kings “at the waters of Merom” (11:5)
in the north. Much of the latter half of the
book (chap. 13-24) describes how Joshua
distributed the conquered land among the 12
tribes of Israel. The book concludes with
Joshua's final exhortation (chap. 23) to Israel
to honor the covenant entered into with God on
Mount Sinai and an account of the last gathering
of the tribes under Joshua (chap. 24), at which
time the people and Joshua entered into another
covenant to serve and obey God.

To understand the
intentions of the movement "Promised Land
Ministries" even further we should look at the
biblical trailblazer:

Joshua = in the Hebrew = yehôshuaʿ
= Jehovah-Saved

Joshua,
book of the Old Testament. According to the
traditional view, its author was Joshua, the
military leader and hero chosen by Moses to be
his successor and to lead the Israelites out of
Egypt and into the Promised Land. Most modern
biblical scholars, however, reject this view;
their studies have shown that the book contains
material drawn from a number of different
sources. Attempts to date the various strands
have largely been inconclusive. The only
conclusion widely accepted today is that the
oldest passages of the book, which some scholars
date from the middle of the 10th century
bc,
were completely rewritten and much elaborated
upon in the 7th century
bc by a
member (or members) of the so-called
Deuteronomic school (see
Deuteronomy; Pentateuch). Later, probably
after 500bc,
editors concerned primarily with priestly
matters added to or rewrote much of the latter
half of the book.

The Book of Joshua concludes the accounts begun
in Genesis, Exodus, and Deuteronomy of the
origin and early history of the Jews. It begins
(chap. 1-6) with an account of the Hebrews'
entry into the Promised Land, Canaan, and the
sack of the ancient Palestinian walled city of
Jericho. It then relates (chap. 7-12) how the
Hebrews established themselves throughout Canaan
by their conquest of another ancient city, Ai.
They did this by making a covenant with the
fearful Gibeonites, by their bloody rout of an
army led by the kings of five other southern
Canaanite cities, and by the slaughter of an
army gathered by yet other Canaanite kings “at
the waters of Merom” (11:5) in the north. Much
of the latter half of the book (chap. 13-24)
describes how Joshua distributed the conquered
land among the 12 tribes of Israel. The book
concludes with Joshua's final exhortation (chap.
23) to Israel to honor the covenant entered into
with God on Mount Sinai and an account of the
last gathering of the tribes under Joshua (chap.
24), at which time the people and Joshua entered
into another covenant to serve and obey God.

The visionary
trailblazer for this century's phase of the
movement "Promised Land Ministries" is:

His Eminence Presiding Bishop Joshua Paul Logan

Bishop Joshua Paul Logan is a wonderful and
anointed man of God. He is a pioneer in
breaking the cycle of pain and bondage, and
pruning the trees that produce the fruits of the
spirit to manifest themselves for the work of
God’s kingdom through His people. Bishop
Logan, now an Archbishop consecrated with
unbroken lines of Apostolic Succession (by The
Holy Communion OF Churches) traceable directly
to the historical ancient church founded by
Jesus Christ and His Apostles, possesses the
apostolic mantel on his life, and is a humbled
man of vision and power.

A child after God’s own heart he is the blessed
son of his beloved parents, Abraham and Elaine
Logan of Hampton, VA. In March of 1990,
Joshua was baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ
and filled with the Holy Ghost evidenced by the
speaking in other tongues at the True Believers
Glorious Apostolic Church under the pastorate of
then Bishop Ernest Quick Jr. In 1991,
Joshua became Minister Logan under the
leadership of then Elder Dennis Jefferson
(Pastor of the Pentecostal Evangelical Church –
P.A.W.). Minister Logan served as the
Youth President and Pastoral Armor Bearer to
Elder Jefferson in Palmer Park, Maryland until
1995 when he was ordained as an Elder in the
World Assemblies of Restoration where His
Excellency, Bishop James D. Nelson Sr. is the
Presiding Prelate.

On May 26, 2002,
at 11:30 am (sharp) young Elder Joshua Paul
Logan picked up his bible, girded up his loins
and set out to lead God’s people to
“The Promised Land.”.
The Church Of The Promised Land had its first
Sunday Morning Worship Celebration. Pastor
Logan was installed as Pastor of The Church Of
The Promised Land in November of 2002 by the
World Assemblies of Restoration. The
Church of The Promised Land endured trials and
tribulations but with due diligence the Lord saw
fit to bless his devoted servant. The Church Of
The Promised Land was now the Churches Of
The Promised Land. Bishop Joshua Logan is not
only the Founder of the original
headquarters Church Of The Promised Land, he is
now the Chief Protector of the Churches of The
Promised Land, having established and or
affiliated churches and Para-church ministries
in Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia, South
Carolina, Texas, California, New York,
Philadelphia, Missouri, North Carolina, Alabama,
and Florida. He serves as the Metropolitan
Archbishop of the 3rd province, Chief of
Protocol, and Special Assistant to the Patriarch
of the Holy Communion Of Churches. The Christian
Year of 2012-2013 has now manifested the
establishment of the new headquarters located in
Metropolitan Washington DC,

The International
Cathedral of the Holy Apostles - "The CHURCH
Without Walls", PLM-HCOC

Bishop Joshua Logan is a true example of what
God can do through a broken and yielded vessel.
Follow the journey as he continues to lead the
people of God to their Promised Land, where
their destinies and purposes are being revealed,
cultivated, manifested and maximized. “You Can
Tell The Devil…The Fight Is Not Over!” God is
raising up an army that is willing to fight for
the promises of God, and as Caleb said in
Numbers…”Let
us go up at once, for we are well able to
possess it!”

Joshua 1:1-2
1
Now after the death
of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to
pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of
Nun, Moses' minister, saying,
2
Moses my servant is
dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan,
thou, and all this people, unto the land which I
do give to them, even to the children of Israel.

Joshua 1:5-7
5
There shall not any
man be able to stand before thee all the days of
thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with
thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
6
Be strong and of a
good courage: for unto this people shalt thou
divide for an inheritance the land, which I
sware unto their fathers to give them.
7
Only be thou strong
and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to
do according to all the law, which Moses my
servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the
right hand or to the left, that thou mayest
prosper whithersoever thou goest.!

Exodus 12:25
(KJV)
25 And it
shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land
which the LORD will give you, according as he
hath promised, that ye shall keep this service. Deuteronomy 6:3
(KJV) 3 Hear
therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it;
that it may be well with thee, and that ye may
increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy
fathers hath promised thee, in the land that
floweth with milk and honey.
Deuteronomy 27:3 (KJV) 3 And thou
shalt write upon them all the words of this law,
when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go
in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth
thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey;
as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised
thee. Joshua 22:4 (KJV)
4 And now the
LORD your God hath given rest unto your
brethren, as he promised them: therefore now
return ye, and get you unto your tents, and
unto the land of your possession, which Moses
the servant of the LORD gave you on the other
side Jordan. Joshua 23:4-7
(KJV)
4 Behold, I
have divided unto you by lot these nations that
remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes,
from Jordan, with all the nations that I have
cut off, even unto the great sea westward.
5 And the LORD your God, he shall
expel them from before you, and drive them from
out of your sight; and ye shall possess their
land, as the LORD your God hath promised unto
you. 6 Be ye
therefore very courageous to keep and to do all
that is written in the book of the law of Moses,
that ye turn not aside therefrom to the
right hand or to
the left; 7
That ye come not among these nations, these that
remain among you; neither make mention of the
name of their gods, nor cause to swear by
them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves
unto them: Hebrews 11:8-10
(KJV) 8 By faith
Abraham, when he was called to go out into a
place which he should after receive for an
inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not
knowing whither he went. 9 By faith he
sojourned in the land of promise, as in a
strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with
Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same
promise: 10 For he
looked for a city which hath foundations, whose
builder and maker is God.

The Convergence Movement

Con·ver·gence

1.

A
coming together
from different directions,
especially
a uniting or merging of groups
or tendencies
that
were originally opposed or very
different

2.

The tendency of
different species to
develop similar characteristicsin response to
a set of environmental conditions

The convergence
movement is
a coming together
of the three major
historic branches of the Church;

1.The
Liturgical/Sacramental

Li·tur·gic

1.

relating
to liturgy

2.

relating
to religious worship or to a service of
worship, especially the celebration of
Communion in a Christian service.

Liturgy is; a
body of
rites
(or
system of ceremonial procedures)
prescribed for formal public worship.

·
2.The Evangelical

e·van·gel·i·cal

1.

relating or belonging to
any Protestant Christian church that
emphasizes the authority of the Bible
and salvation through the personal
acceptance of Jesus Christ

2.

relating to or
based on
the Gospels
of the Christian Bible

3.

enthusiastic or zealous
in support of a particular cause and
very eager to make other people share
its beliefs or ideals

Evangelicalism, is
a movement in modern Anglo-American
(citizens
originating from Great Bitain)
Protestantism that emphasizes personal
commitment to Christ and the authority of the
Bible.

In the general sense,
evangelical
(from the New
Testament
Greek
euangelion,
“good news”)
means simply pertaining to the Gospel.

·It is represented
in most Protestant denominations.

Protestantism, is
one of the three major divisions of
Christianity, the others being Roman Catholicism
and Orthodoxy.

·Protestantism
beganas a
movement to reform the Western Christian church
in the
16th century,
resulting in the Protestant Reformation, which
severed the reformed churches from the Roman
Catholic Church.

·The declared aim
of the original reformers was
to restore the Christian faith as it had been at
its beginning,
while keeping what they thought valuable from
the Roman Catholic tradition that had developed
during the intervening centuries.

Evangelicals believe that
each individual has
a need for spiritual rebirth
and
personal commitment
to
Jesus Christ as savior,
through faith in his atoning death on
the cross (commonly, although not necessarily,
through a specific conversion experience).

3.The Charismatic.

char·is·mat·ic

1.

having charisma:
possessing great powers
of charm or influence

2.

seeking direct spiritual
experiences:
describes Christian groups or worship
characterized by
a quest for inspired and
ecstatic experiences such as healing,
prophecy, and speaking in tongues

·The individuals
who make up the movement
believe that they have been “filled” or
“baptized” with the Holy Spirit through the
laying on of hands.

·The
signs of this baptism include
such spiritual gifts as
speaking in tongues, or glossolalia,
prophecy, healing, interpretation of tongues,
and discernment of spirits
(see 1 Corinthians 12:8-10).

The Pentecostal
churches
had their origin in a similar movement
in
the early 20th century,
as small groups of believers withdrew from
Protestant denominations
in order to pray, study the Bible, and
practice their gifts. See also Holiness
Churches.

Holiness Churches,
are fundamentalist Protestant
bodies that
developed from Methodism
and
hold as their distinguishing feature the
doctrine that
holiness, or sanctification of the individual,
occurs by a second act of grace that follows
justification and is supplementary to it.

·The experience of
holiness is also referred to as
the second blessing.

·The National
Holiness Movement came into being
shortly after the American Civil War.

·Originally a protest movement
within Methodism, it
opposed the Methodist falling away from the
emphasis on sanctification that John Wesley, the
founder of Methodism, had developed.

·He had stressed
original sin and justification by faith and
added that the individual may be assured of
forgiveness by
a direct experience of the spirit, called
sanctification,
which he regarded as the step leading to
Christian perfection.

·Although the main
body of the Holiness movement holds that
sanctification is a second work of grace,
some groups of the Pentecostal movement, an
outgrowth of the Holiness churches, maintain
that sanctification is essentially the
dedication of the believer that begins with
regeneration.

·Moreover,
sanctification must be evidenced by the
occurrence of
certain spiritual phenomena, such as
glossolalia,
or
speaking in tongues.

·The major
representatives of the Holiness movement
(excluding Pentecostal denominations) are the
Church of the Nazarene and the Church of God
(Anderson, Indiana).

·The latter
originated about 1880
as a movement within existing churches
to promote Christian unity.

·The founders were
interested in relieving the church at large
of what they believed was
over-ecclesiasticism and restrictive
organization
and in reaffirming the
New Testament as the true standard of faith and
life.

·In addition to the
holiness principle,
they believe in,
among other doctrines, the
divine inspiration of the Scriptures,
forgiveness of sin through the death of Christ
and the repentance of the sinner,
a nonmillennial concept of the return of Christ,
and external reward or punishment as a result of
the final judgment.

·In the late 1990s
the Church of God had 234,000 members in the
United States and the Church of the Nazarene
reported 627,000 members.

·There are about 25 other Holiness
denominations, among them the rapidly growing
Christian and Missionary Alliance with 346,000
U.S. members in the late 1990s. Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2006.

The most striking
recent development is
the Roman Catholic charismatic renewal,
which
originated in 1967
on university campuses in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania; South Bend, Indiana; and East
Lansing, Michigan.

·

As has
Pentecostalism,
the charismatic movement
has produced a myriad of groups,
independent preachers and healers, and a few
near-cultic offshoots.

·Most charismatics,
however, are
orthodox in doctrine,
and
emphasize activity
within
their own denominations.

·They are
ecstatic
(or
completely dominated by intense emotion)
in worship, although generally more subdued than
Pentecostalists,

·They align
themselves with other Evangelicals in their
emphasis on evangelism and personal faith in
Christ.

Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2006.

CONVERGENCE

Each of these
expressions of the Church of Jesus Christ have
been carefully nurtured by God and greatly used
to establish and expand His work on earth.

Modern day
visionaries, however, have discerned the
times and are declaring that the right
time has arrived for God’s church to be one.
“Father, that they maybe one even as we are
one,”
was the prayer of our Lord.

Ecclesiastes
4:12
tells us that,
“ a cord of the three strands is not easily
broken.”When
the three strands of God’s Church are
braided together there will be a new
strength and unity in the church as hasn’t
been seen since
the apostolic age.

What
the Convergence Movement is Not.The Convergence
Movement is not
the Ecumenical Movement.

·The Ecumenical
Movement has been a constructive and
instrumental part in preparing the scene for the
Convergence Movement.

·It was at first,
and will continue to be, necessary for the
various factions and denominations of God’s
church to dialog and commence tearing down the
walls of division. God has blessed this
effort.

·The Convergence
Movement, however, has identified the three
living streams of the Church and invites God to
bring them together as one complete
life-giving river.“There
is a river whose streams make glad the city of
God, the Place where the Most High dwells”
(Psalm
46:4).

·These three
streams each in their own way have defined the
map of Christianity through the ages and will merge like a
flood into the future to
bring reconciliation
and
unleash God’s powerful purpose
for
His Church.

·For the present
time, Convergence Churches will be powerful
symbols and agents of rapprochement (or
renewal of friendly relations between nations
that were previously hostile)
and the impending
unity of God’s people
in the
midst of a growing darkness and alienation in
the world.

What
a Convergence Church Will Look Like.
A Convergence Church will
blend the three dynamics
of
liturgy and sacrament,
evangelical focus and
charismatic power in their worship,
congregational life and outreach.

Evangelical

The Convergence
Church
has a
high view of Holy Scripture,
that it contains all things necessary for
salvation and godly living.

·It is
committed to the faithful reading, studying,
teaching,
and
preaching
from the Scriptures; as well as believing that
the Holy Scriptures are a wellspring for
spiritual maturity.

·It believes in the
importance of
a personal relationship with Jesus Christ,
a
holy life,
and a
commitment to evangelism
and
missions.

Charismatic

The Convergence
Church
is open to
the work of the Holy Spirit
and
believes that God’s people have always been a
spiritually gifted people.

·From the Apostles
to the modern Church, Christians have been
endowed with a power
beyond themselves; a power from the Holy
Spirit Himself.

·The Convergence
Church not only allows, but
anticipates the Spirit’s presence
and
working through this gifting
in both worship and in daily acts of
service.

Liturgical and
Sacraments

The Convergence
Church
practices the
living historic forms of the liturgies
of the Church:

·The
sacraments
of
Holy Eucharist
(the Lord’s Supper) and
Baptism.

·It draws on the
traditions and wisdom of the Historic Church and
is unashamedly
part of the one Holy Catholic (“Universal”not Roman Catholic) and
Apostolic Church.

·At the center of
its worship is the sacrament of Holy Eucharist
(the Lord’s Supper) in which it believes that
grace is imparted by the real presence of
Christ.

Scriptural
References For The Concept Of The Convergence
Movement

Psalms 133:1-3
(KJV)
1
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for
brethren to dwell together in unity!
2
It is
like the precious ointment upon the head, that
ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard:
that went down to the skirts of his garments;
3
As
the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended
upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD
commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

Ezekiel 37:15-17
(KJV)
15
The word of the
LORD came again unto me, saying,
16
Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick,
and write upon it, For Judah, and for the
children of Israel his companions: then take
another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph,
the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of
Israel his companions:
17
And join them one to another into one stick; and
they shall become one in thine hand.

John 17:17-23
(KJV)
17
Sanctify them
through thy truth: thy word is truth.
18 As thou hast sent me into the world,
even so have I also sent them into the world.
19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself,
that they also might be sanctified through the
truth. 20
Neither pray I for these alone, but for
them also which shall believe on me through
their word;
21
That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art
in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one
in us: that the world may believe that thou hast
sent me.22 And the glory which thou
gavest me I have given them; that they may be
one, even as we are one: 23 I in them, and thou in me, that
they may be made perfect in one; and that the
world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast
loved them, as thou hast loved me.

1 Corinthians
1:10-31 (KJV)
10
Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our
Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same
thing, and that there be no divisions among you;
but that ye be perfectly joined together in the
same mind and in the same judgment.
11
For
it hath been declared unto me of you, my
brethren, by them which are of the house of
Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
12
Now
this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of
Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I
of Christ.
13
Is Christ divided?
was Paul
crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the
name of Paul?
14
I
thank God that I baptized none of you, but
Crispus and Gaius;
15
Lest
any should say that I had baptized in mine own
name.
16
And I
baptized also the household of Stephanas:
besides, I know not whether I baptized any
other.
17
For
Christ sent me not to baptize,
but to preach the gospel:not with wisdom of words, lest the cross
of Christ should be made of none effect.
18
For
the preaching of the cross
is to them that perish foolishness; but
unto us which are saved it
is the power of God.
19
For
it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the
wise, and will bring to nothing the
understanding of the prudent.
20
Where
is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the
disputer of this world? hath not God made
foolish the wisdom of this world?
21
For
after that in the wisdom of God the world by
wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the
foolishness of preaching to save them that
believe.
22
For
the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek
after wisdom:
23
But
we preach Christ crucified,
unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the
Greeks foolishness;
24
But
unto them which are called, both Jews and
Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom
of God.
25
Because the foolishness of God is wiser than
men; and the weakness of God is stronger than
men.
26
For ye see your
calling, brethren, how that not many wise men
after the flesh, not many mighty, not many
noble, are called:
27
But God hath
chosen the foolish things of the world to
confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak
things of the world to confound the things which
are mighty; 28 And base things of
the world, and things which are despised, hath
God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to
bring to nought things that are:
29
That no flesh should glory in his presence.
30
But
of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is
made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and
sanctification, and redemption:
31
That,
according as it is written, He that glorieth,
let him glory in the Lord.

Ephesians 4:1-7
(KJV)
1
I therefore, the
prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk
worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
2
With
all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering,
forbearing one another in love;
3
Endeavouring to keep the
unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
4
There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye
are called in one hope of your calling;
5
One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
6
One God and Father of all, who is above all, and
through all, and in you all.
7
But
unto every one of us is given grace according to
the measure of the gift of Christ.

Jude 1-4 (KJV)
1
Jude, the servant
of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them
that are sanctified by God the Father, and
preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
2
Mercy
unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.
3
Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto
you of the common salvation, it was needful for
me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye
should earnestly contend for the faith which was
once delivered unto the saints.
4
For
there are certain men crept in unawares, who
were before of old ordained to this
condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of
our God into lasciviousness, and denying the
only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

Jude 17-25 (KJV)
17
But, beloved,
remember ye the words which were spoken before
of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
18
How
that they told you there should be mockers in
the last time, who should walk after their own
ungodly lusts.
19
These
be they who separate themselves, sensual, having
not the Spirit.
20
But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your
most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
21
Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for
the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal
life.
22
And of some have compassion, making a
difference:
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And others save with fear, pulling them out of
the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the
flesh.
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Now
unto him that is able to keep you from falling,
and to present you faultless before the presence
of his glory with exceeding joy,
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To
the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and
majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever.
Amen.